A story arc is a continuing storyline. Its purpose is to move a character or a situation from one state to another, or to galvanize change. This is a pattern evident in work and play, in life itself.Innovation is more than one shot, more than a chapter. What it constitutes is a narrative series in which one episode of change unfolds into another. Like a story arc, innovation can result in dramatic effect but it is and remains hard work. Innovation can be described as episodic reaching of a high point. It brings out the best in us. The motivation of innovation-charged groups can be striking. Cooperation, not competition, is the driver of positive outcomes toward an empathic future.
"The amplitude and velocity of change is such that companies are more at risk," says Paul A. Laudicina, author of World Out of Balance. The word "companies" means people. In as much as there is a drive to have a strong command of preparation when disasters happen in order to respond to sudden change, there is a drive to help people live and work collaboratively and efficiently. This same drive embodies innovation. In asking the tough question "What if…?" innovation's intent is that the best, not the worst, is yet to come.
Innovation is more than a new year's resolution, it is the pursuit of betterment in a world both troubling and interesting at the same time. like disaster's continuum of change, the continuum of innovation also persists. Individual efforts are conducive to leaving our world a little better. Aligned to Grandin's passionate practice of "doing practical things" and "creating systems," innovation is not beyond one's abilities. With this in mind, anyone can innovate.
Mastering Disaster by Jennifer Reingold, Fast Company
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